From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 12:16:18 +0800
To: mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
Subject: Re: Jim Bell goes to Jail!
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Prof. Mike Duvos wrote:
> Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com> writes:
>  > IRS agents arrest Vancouver man who called for killing
>  > federal workers
> 
> As I recall, Bell never called for anyone to be killed. He merely
> suggested that the construction of anonymous wagering pools would
> faciliate a market in the disposal of tyrants.

I can attest to that if necessary.

>  > Federal agents since have focused on a Bell theory that
>  > carbon fibers could be used to sabotage computer hard
>  > drives, thus disabling them.  East confirmed Bell's interest
>  > in using carbon fibers as a "computer killer" but dismissed
>  > it as a "goofball idea."
> 
> I thought microscopic amounts of airborne silicone were the
> preferred method of causing large numbers of drives to
> mysteriously fail.

Wait, aren't hard drives hermetic?

>  > The search warrant for East's home shows that the
>  > government also is interested in determining whether Bell
>  > and others have experimented with volatile chemicals in
>  > preparation for attacks on IRS offices and agents.
> 
> The government is only lending credibility to Bell's paranoia by
> behaving like jackbooted thugs.

While you are right, I think that the government is as, if not more, 
paranoid than Jim Bell or anyone else.

> Is this federal agent Bell is supposed to have interfered with
> one of the agents who arrested him?  Sounds like fabrication from
> whole cloth to me.

They may be simply harassing him. There is really no substance in
what we've read.

	- Igor.